TUSCALOOSA, Ala. - The football team put on the pads for the first time this spring, practicing for two hours on Wednesday on the Thomas-Drew Practice Fields. The practice was the third of the season for the Crimson Tide.

Alabama will meet one addition time this week on Friday before taking a week off for spring break (March 24-28). The Tide then resumes spring practice with the fifth of 15 spring sessions on Monday, March 31.

Alabama's 2014 A-Day Game is scheduled for Saturday, April 19, at 1 p.m. (CDT) inside Bryant-Denny Stadium. The A-Day Game is once again free to the public and will be televised live on ESPNU.

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